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W. SUTTON.

SWING BEARING FOR STREET CARS. No. 364,192, PatentedMay 31 1887.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

"WILLIAM SUTTON, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

SWING-BEARING FOR STREET-CARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 364,192, dated May 31,1887.

Application filed June 30, 1886.

T0 aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, \VILLIAM SUTTON, of the city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Swing-Bearings for Street- Gars, of which the following is a full, clear,

and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, and in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improve ment, thepedcstal being in longitudinal section. Fig. 2 is an enlarged perspective view of the axle-box and hanger or yoke discon nectcd.

This is a simple, cheap, durable, and effective device, and relates to those devices by which a swing'bearing is given to the car-body upon the axle'boxes by means of a swing hanger or yoke saddled upon the box and carrying the sustaining springs.

A represents a track-rail, B a canwhccl, O a car-sill, and D the pedestal, the latter being I shown in longitudinal vertical section.

E is the axle-box, having formed in its top a rounded groove or saddle, 6, extending from side to side of the box, to receive the central part, f, of the hanger or yoke 13. In the sides of the box are recesses 0', within which the Vertical parts f of the yoke oscillate. The edges 0 of the recesses may limit the oscilla tion of the yoke or prevent extreme oscillatory movement.

It will be seen that the under side of the I partf of the yoke is rounded, so as to fit the Serial No. 206,724. (No model.)

zontall y from thesides of the box and have each a hole, f, for the passage of the couplingbolts G, which connect the ends of the yoke to the top, (I, of the pedestal. The sides of the holesf liare upwardly to allow motion ofthe bolts G. The heads 9 of the bolts are shown above the top (1, and the nuts 9 beneath the ends of the yoke. The body of each bolt is surrounded by a spring, H, whose ends bear against the endsf of the yoke and the top d of the pedestal, and thus upon these springs that part of the car-body is supported.

I prefer that the bolts G shall fit easily in t pedestal-top on each side of the axle-box, bolts' passing through the springs, pedestaltop, and the yoke ends, and nuts placed upon thelower ends of said bolts,adapted to engage said yoke, substantially as and for the purpose setforth.

2. The combination of the axle box, the yoke having parts f f f the pedestal,springs,

. and couplingbolts, the parts f of the yoke being provided with upwardly-flaring sockets, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

WILLIAM SUTTON.

In presence of- BENJN. A. KNIGHT, Eow. S. KNIGHT. 

